Attraction to the elderly is gerontophilia, I'm pretty sure. Pedophiles are fine as long as they don't act upon their attraction. And I think people might be getting pedophilia confused with being attracted to jailbait...

Well I was flipping through the channels this one day and the Olympics came on. Now, I didn’t know I was a pedophile… But then they did the parallel bars. I’m all, “Man she’s hot,” and then the speakers came on “Thirteen year old such-and-such and such…” I was all…eww… I feel dirty!

:p, Bit of stand up…

Anyway, in my opinion the lowliest people in this world are the people who hurt small children, especially girls, and especially when they sexual force themselves on others. Call what I said sexist, but I feel (as a man) obliged more to protect women than men. Even if they’re children. (Now if I had to chose between a woman and a small boy I’d take the boy. I don’t think his life is like…worth more, but this being said he hasn’t had as much opportunity as her. She may be more valuable to society, but I’m a softy.)

This being said I hate how people assume that only girls get molested and raped and talk about how men are the bane of such things. This coming from a victim, boys get molested too. In fact, I don’t remember where this was, but some statistic showed that in this specific areas between rape and molestation victims between the ages of 5-9 are mostly boys. The reason they gave for this was that mothers leave their young children with teenage babysitters who are usually girls. Note, this was an old statistic that I found years ago, but it drives me nuts to hear that boys never get hurt and life is just 99% harder for girls and women than for boys and men. That’s total crap, in my opinion. Guy’s have a lot of things that work against them too. (This is referring to America, obviously there are certain places where women get screwed over.)

I also think it’s unfair that if a man takes advantage of a little girl he’s a pedophile and pervert. If a woman does it she’s emotional wounded, and it’s her husbands fault, and she just needs some help. It’s a double standard, and Oprah agrees. (Though Oprah was much nicer to women who took advantage of boys than men who took advantage of girls.)

On her show she had several women who had been convicted of raping or seducing young boys. Elementary and middle school boys. 3rd-7th grade. Grown women. In fact one of them actually waited for the boy to turn 18 and then married him.

One of these women got 2 years in prison. Another got 6 months public services. The sentences were of this nature. But if a 18 year old man sleeps with a 15 year old girl (or if the girl just –says- he slept with her,) BAM! 20 years in prison.

What’s your opinion on all of this? How do you feel about pedophiles, male or female? What do you think makes them feel an attraction for small and young children? Is it truly just physical lust for men and emotional instability for women? Is it fair to give women lighter sentences than men? General discussion about these things is open.

i agree with seraph. there should be no double standard for women pedophiles. its wrong either way. it is unfair that women get shorter sentences than men just because they can claim that life was unstable for them.men who molest children are unstable but i see them locked up for most of their lifes and women who do that too should be locked away too. i also dont think its fair to say that it is life is harder for women because thats unfair to men who are portrayed as creepy and out to get every girl in the world.

Interesting topic...
Pedophilia as a disease is fairly uncommon...wait a second....let me finish....a lot of what is being discussed here is not exactly pedophilia. For starters, children are maturing physically, emotionally, and metally much sooner than they used to...I have a 13 year old friend (female) who could easily easily pass for 18. I have a 16 yr old friend (male) who could pass for 18 or 19. And not just physically! People are shocked to find out how young these friends are. For a 19 or 20 year old guy to be attracted to my female friend is very reasonable. The 13 yr old needs to show some responsiblity...she should know what she can and can't handle.
Now that you are all ready to lynch me...let me finish ... however...if the 19 yr old forces, coerces, lies, or uses any other unsavory method of getting his way....heck, yeah...string him up by his balls!! (or hers)

Keep in mind that an adult molesting a child (and I mean child) is just about the worst thing a person could do. A man very dear to me was abused just on the edge of puberty, and it screwed him up for the rest of his life....so i totally agree that women should be punished just as severely...more so, even, because we should know better
about the age thing...there is 4 yrs between my husband and I (just over 4 yrs, so when we started dating, it was 5)...He looked 30, and I looked 16, and I'm sure he got some seriously dirty looks from strangers. Had we been 4 yrs younger when we started dating, that 3 yr rule thing could have caused trouble....and for the record...I'm the older one.